Crazy day in Tigertown!

Wow! Didn't expect it to happen so soon. I thought the king of the quivering lip would get to finish the year out before getting the boot. However, it appears that the boot kicks quickly in Clemson, South Carolina these days. Terry Don Phillips laid it out last night apparently telling Tommy that unless he took his team to the ACC Championship in December he would not return. Both agreed that they would not get there and today Tommy begins cleaning out his office.

Couldn't have happened to a bigger jackass. I've heard stories about dirty recruiting where 17 and 18 year old kids were sold a bill of goods and pressured into committing to Clemson. I remember when Tremaine Billie, a long time Gamecock commitment, decommitted from Carolina to go to Clemson. Billie was a running back in high school. A good one! I saw him play a few times and he racked up 300 yards rushing both times. Anyway, Billie wanted a shot at RB in college; however, due to his build Lou Holtz told him he would not play RB at Carolina and would be better suited for the defensive secondary. Along comes Tommy Bowden.....he recruits Billie as a RB and tells him he'll get his shot. Billie decommits from Carolina and commits to Clemson. Billie never played a down on offense and was immediately inserted in the Clemson secondary where he had a solid college career (when healthy). A Bill of Goods.

What happens from here on out is anyone's guess. Apparently some of Clemson's bigtime recruits are jumping ship. The word is some of the players supposedly had a celebration dance at Howard's Rock this morning when told that Tommy was gone. Bowden was always the underachiever. He oversold and underdelivered.

I said it before and I'll say it again. I'm not a Clemson fan, but I have friends and family that are and I'm happy for them. They wanted him gone and they got their wish. In my opinion Clemson is loaded with talent and as a Gamecock fan, it's now a good time to start worrying. With that talent and a good coach a lot of good bounces could go their way.